buur

From Dutch buur, from Middle Dutch buur, from Old Dutch *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz (“dweller, inhabitant”). Doublet of boer.

• IPA^(key): /byr/

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buur (plural bure)

1. neighbor

• buurman

From Middle Dutch buur, from Old Dutch *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz (“dweller, inhabitant”). Doublet of boer.

• IPA^(key): /byːr/

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• Hyphenation: buur
• Rhymes: -yr

buur m (plural buren, diminutive buurtje n)

1. neighbour

• Afrikaans: buur
• Jersey Dutch: buer

buur

1. mountain

From Old Dutch *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz.

buur m

1. inhabitant (one who shares in rights and obligations as an inhabitant of a place)
2. (rare) neighbour

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• gebuur

• Dutch: buur
  • Afrikaans: buur
  • Jersey Dutch: buer

From Old Dutch būr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz.

buur n or m

1. (rare) house, shed, building

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• “buur (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “buur (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “buur (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “buur (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Cognates include Jiiddu burti.[1]

buur ?

1. mountain